Oct 25, 2007 14:15
16 yrs ago
French term
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Echelles Levantines
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History
17th century geography
toiles peintes importees des grands Indes et Echelles Levantines
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | definition - NFG |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | ports along Levantine coastline |
stolley
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| 3 +1 | Near East stops/ports |
Francis MARC
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Proposed translations
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definition - NFG
échelles n. f. pl. (1678) Hist. Comptoirs commerciaux établis du XVIe au XXe s. par les nations chrétiennes en pays d'islam : en Méditerranée orientale (Echelles du Levant) ou en Afrique du Nord (Echelles de Barbarie).
Larousse Lexis
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-25 16:21:21 GMT)
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I can't think what we would say in English (not that we were likely to have been one of those "nations chrétiennes") other than "trading post".
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-25 17:24:48 GMT)
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Re. etymology, Lexis says of "escale", "(it. "scala", "lieu où un pose une échelle pour débarquer". So I suspect it was the Venetians, Genoans, and what have you that introduced "échelle" with this meaning.
Larousse Lexis
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-25 16:21:21 GMT)
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I can't think what we would say in English (not that we were likely to have been one of those "nations chrétiennes") other than "trading post".
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-25 17:24:48 GMT)
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Re. etymology, Lexis says of "escale", "(it. "scala", "lieu où un pose une échelle pour débarquer". So I suspect it was the Venetians, Genoans, and what have you that introduced "échelle" with this meaning.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "trading posts seems to hit the spot. merci"
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11 mins
Near East stops/ports
échanges antiques océan indienDès l'Antiquité, les échelles levantines sont les points de raccord de circumnavigations qui entourent les parties vivantes des continents. ...
aphgreunion.free.fr/articlepariat.htm - 49k - En cache - Pages similaires
voir définition :
XVIIe siècle- les livres - lekti-ecriture.comLe traducteur des Mille et une nuits, Antoine Galland (1646-1715), arpenta pendant plus de quinze ans les échelles levantines : Istamboul, Alep, Alexandrie. ...
www.lekti-ecriture.com/editeurs/ -XVIIe-siecle- .html - 49k
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Pierre POUSSIN
: Oui. Ce sont des ports de la Méditerranée Orientale, monxmood!
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2 days 19 hrs
ports along Levantine coastline
presumably you want to keep the original terminology!
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Note added at 2 days19 hrs (2007-10-28 09:52:44 GMT)
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or trading posts.... yes!
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Note added at 2 days19 hrs (2007-10-28 09:52:44 GMT)
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or trading posts.... yes!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Peter Shortall
: They weren't all on the coastline, though - e.g. Aleppo, Cairo, Damascus
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